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Miscellaneous Norwegian Defense Chief in classified report: The Armed Forces can not defend the country
2017-07-11
[Speisa] In a crisis or war, the Armed Forces will collapse in a short time, says Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen.

It is evident from a report that the newspaper Klassekampen has gained access to.

The report, entitled "Defense Chief Performance and Control Report for 2016", is marked confidential, and includes the Chief of Defense's assessment by the end of last year.

According to the report, central parts of the Armed Forces are "poorly manned and of low perseverance" and will therefore collapse in a short time in case of a crisis or war, writes Klassekampen.

The preparedness of the Army, the Air Force, the Home Guard, the Cyber Defense, the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces logistics organization are considered to be "unsatisfactory."

The Armed Forces' operational ability is considered "less good", while the special forces (Telemark Battalion) is the only part of the defense that is graded "good", writes Klassekampen.
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#12  ...The Norwegian armed forces aren't supposed to defend the country. They're intended to show just enough manpower to make sure the Americans defend Norway.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-07-11 20:52  

#11  Folks doubting the intestinal fortitude of the Norwegian soldier have perhaps forgotten the 5th SS Viking Panzer Division. What has happened since then? Western Socialists don't much care for national preservation these days
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-07-11 19:49  

#10  Magiepie a good chunk of that money is in a sovereign we already fund, they got that part right.
Posted by: Shipman    2017-07-11 14:18  

#9  Go to your room, DB.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-07-11 10:34  

#8  Why does the Norwegian Navy have bar codes on it's ships? So when the go in to port, they can scandanavian.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2017-07-11 10:22  

#7  Norway back in the day gained independence from Sweden and made it stick. Against an airborne or seaborne attack their geography turns from an advantage to a fatal flaw -- like the Greeks they can be carved into bite sized junks at the attacker's pleasure.
The takeaway: their governing elite has spent all of that North Sea Oil money on bread and circuses...
Posted by: magpie   2017-07-11 10:02  

#6  They never really have been, as armies have proved time and time again.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-07-11 07:52  

#5  Guns or butter.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-07-11 07:48  

#4  The weren't ready the last time around either.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-07-11 07:44  

#3  Norwegians have a male Defense Chief? How backward!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-07-11 03:57  

#2  Oh wait, it's Sweden that's not in NATO. Disregard.
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309   2017-07-11 02:22  

#1  Thank goodness this is ONE European country we're not responsible for.
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309   2017-07-11 02:22  

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